Morning has broken like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird
Praise for the singing
Praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word

 
– Eleanor Farjeon, lyrics from Morning Has Broken (1931)
inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex
then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, Bunessan

These resources offer various options for getting around for seniors in Chicago; check with each to find the transportation solution that best fits your needs. However, many of these services have specific requirements and limitations, so be sure to research them before using.

Thursday, October 29
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Join Chuquimarca for a virtual Tanda! Tanda is Chuquimarca’s experimental program that aims to motivate self-directed and collective learning by structuring a short term club that aids artists and makers with personal practice through collective knowledge building. Chuquimarca, also known as Chuquimarca Projects, is a library project space focused on the Native, Mexican, Caribbean, and Central and South American contemporary art and culture discourse in Chicago. More information about  About Tanda

Watch out for meat and great and threat

They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.

A moth is not a moth in mother,

Nor both in bother, broth in brother

And here is not a match for there

And dear and fear for bear and pear

And then there’s dose and rose and lose–

Just look them up–and goose and choose,

Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin, distinguished guests and Chicago journalists, will share their insights, wisdom and journalistic experience on the events surrounding the November 3rd Presidential Election. 

The title What Just Happened? might become What Is Still Happening? depending on when the results from the election are settled. Either way, Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern will provide a conversation not to be missed! 

And as many of you know, Carol Marin plans to step down from television which makes this First Friday appearance and presentation even more special. This could be her last recorded Q&A with side kick Mary Ann Ahern, so please plan on tuning in on November 6th. 

We wish you well Carol, in all your future adventures.

Thank you for giving so much of yourself to First Friday over the years!

UChicago Community Alert Memo

From:     Eric M. Heath
              Associate Vice President for Safety & Security

              Michele Rasmussen
              Dean of Students in the University

Date:     October 12, 2020

Subject: Community Concern Regarding Paintball Incidents

We are writing to share that in the past several days, the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) has received 8 reports of individuals in vehicles shooting paintballs guns at pedestrians. They appear to be part of a pattern of paintball incidents reported in other parts of Chicago and suburbs in recent weeks. While these incidents typically have not caused serious injury, they pose a community hazard and we take them seriously.

Several of the incidents reported to the University have occurred on campus while most have occurred off campus. The incidents have occurred in both daylight and evening hours and have impacted members of the University community as well as people with no University affiliation.  Victims have described several vehicles involved in the incidents, including a silver or white sedan, a red or maroon Mercedes, and a dark or black sedan.

If you witness a similar incident or other concerning activity, please report it to UCPD immediately. UCPD Detectives are reviewing video records in order to assist in the identification of the vehicles, and UCPD is conducting directed patrols as a result of these incidents.

As an individual, you could be part of the solution or part of the problem.
A risk for you is not just isolated to you.
Because if you get infected, you are part, innocently or inadvertently,
of propagating the dynamic process of the pandemic.
The chances are that if you get infected, you’re going to infect someone else.

AARP began holding tele-halls in March, as an opportunity to hear directly from top health experts about the critical issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic and how to protect you. The most recent tele-hall, October 1 was Coronavirus: Vaccines & Coping During the Pandemic. For a schedule of upcoming tele-town halls, including who will appear as questions and instructions on how to participate or tune in, go to Tele-Town Halls | AARP Health. Find past events there to listen to or watch for the first time or again.

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